A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery

Abstract: The Tripartite Attachment Battery (TAB) includes scales assessing attachment security, organized insecurity (i.e., anxiety and avoidance), and disorganized attachment. This recently developed series of measures provides expanded options for assessing attachment characteristics (e.g., a scale that directly assesses attachment security) and may improve the assessment of attachment anxiety and avoidance by including items capturing the secondary attachment strategies associated with them (viz., hyperactivation and deactivation). The present study utilized a community sample (N = 386) to evaluate and refine these scales. Factor analyses were conducted to: (a) examine the dimensionality of each TAB scale, and (b) guide the creation of empirically-derived subscales. The Secure Attachment Scale and the Organized Insecurity Scale were multidimensional. The Disorganized Attachment Scale was unidimensional. Most of the empirically-derived measures had internal consistency and test-retest rel.... https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/6427

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery ; volume:16 ; number:1 ; day:28 ; month:06 ; year:2022 ; Interpersona ; 16, Heft 1 (28.06.2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: McWilliams, Lachlan A. ; Coveney, Ashley

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ijpr.6427
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022110709021979901914
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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